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NifflerFan · 05-24-2017, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

It wasn’t breaking the rules. Not really. Stasya refused to believe that her squirrel was only allowed in the barn, even if Dobby had to stay there at night and while she was in classes and all those times. Besides, she wanted him to get to see Hogwarts too, and obviously that couldn’t be accomplished if all they saw was the barn and pastures. She had to be allowed to take him elsewhere. On walks, if anyone asked, even if the squirrel generally was riding on her shoulder. She wasn’t going to try to smuggle him inside the castle. Not now, anyway, although she’d reserved the option of trying when winter fell unless the barn proved to be warm enough. Dobby was little. That meant he couldn’t handle freezing cold like the bigger creatures. Dobby was possibly almost smaller than her puffskein was, or she figured that might happen eventually. When Albus got bigger.

But the squirrel was on her shoulder as she’d walked through the courtyard, occasionally telling him things about Hogwarts as they passed them. The castle wall, the fountain…the pathway to other parts of the grounds she intended on exploring at some point. She felt like the red squirrel deserved to know, and nobody else was around to listen to her. It was her little alone moment. Alone with Dobby, unless someone decided to walk by. Everyone seemed awfully distracted by the competition though.

Emmeline had been playing with various creatures in the barn as usual, and not just her cruppy, when she'd made a scary discovery -- Dobby was missing! She had looked all around the barn for her friend's pet squirrel, but he hadn't even climbed up to the ceiling rafters or anything. It didn't even occur to her that Stasya might have taken him out of the barn, though maybe it should have. The first year's mind was consumed with panic instead, and she was in the process of sprinting back to the castle to find Stasya and assemble a search and rescue party RIGHT NOW when she saw Stasya strolling around the courtyard.

Skidding to an ungainly stop next to her friend, Emmeline gasped out -- it was kind of hard to breathe after all that running --: "Stasya! Thank Merlin! It's Dobby, he's..." As she paused for breath, the 11-year-old noticed the missing squirrel in question was perched on Stasya's shoulder as if nothing had happened. Well, if he'd run out of the barn for some reason, Stasya had clearly already found him. Relief flooded Emmeline and a big smile split her face: "He's here! Hi, Dobby!"

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NifflerFan DMAC Firecrab Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 739	Gryffindor for life Notorious Niffler Quote: Originally Posted by SilverTiger It wasn’t breaking the rules. Not really. Stasya refused to believe that her squirrel was only allowed in the barn, even if Dobby had to stay there at night and while she was in classes and all those times. Besides, she wanted him to get to see Hogwarts too, and obviously that couldn’t be accomplished if all they saw was the barn and pastures. She had to be allowed to take him elsewhere. On walks, if anyone asked, even if the squirrel generally was riding on her shoulder. She wasn’t going to try to smuggle him inside the castle. Not now, anyway, although she’d reserved the option of trying when winter fell unless the barn proved to be warm enough. Dobby was little. That meant he couldn’t handle freezing cold like the bigger creatures. Dobby was possibly almost smaller than her puffskein was, or she figured that might happen eventually. When Albus got bigger. But the squirrel was on her shoulder as she’d walked through the courtyard, occasionally telling him things about Hogwarts as they passed them. The castle wall, the fountain…the pathway to other parts of the grounds she intended on exploring at some point. She felt like the red squirrel deserved to know, and nobody else was around to listen to her. It was her little alone moment. Alone with Dobby, unless someone decided to walk by. Everyone seemed awfully distracted by the competition though. Emmeline had been playing with various creatures in the barn as usual, and not just her cruppy, when she'd made a scary discovery -- Dobby was missing! She had looked all around the barn for her friend's pet squirrel, but he hadn't even climbed up to the ceiling rafters or anything. It didn't even occur to her that Stasya might have taken him out of the barn, though maybe it should have. The first year's mind was consumed with panic instead, and she was in the process of sprinting back to the castle to find Stasya and assemble a search and rescue party RIGHT NOW when she saw Stasya strolling around the courtyard. Skidding to an ungainly stop next to her friend, Emmeline gasped out -- it was kind of hard to breathe after all that running --: "Stasya! Thank Merlin! It's Dobby, he's..." As she paused for breath, the 11-year-old noticed the missing squirrel in question was perched on Stasya's shoulder as if nothing had happened. Well, if he'd run out of the barn for some reason, Stasya had clearly already found him. Relief flooded Emmeline and a big smile split her face: "He's here! Hi, Dobby!"